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We are helping to meet growing global energy demand and limit CO2 emissions with cleaner-burning natural gas. It powers, heats and cools industries, homes and businesses, and it can be a good partner to renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Natural gas can also be used as a lower-carbon fuel for ships, trucks, buses and trains.

Global demand for natural gas, could rise by more than half by 2040, according to the International Energy Agency.

Natural gas is the cleanest-burning hydrocarbon. We explore for it, and produce it, on and offshore. It makes up more than half of our production today.

Advantages of natural gas

Natural gas is the cleanest-burning hydrocarbon, producing around half the carbon dioxide (CO2) and just one tenth of the air pollutants of coal when burnt to generate electricity.

It is abundant. If consumption remained at today’s levels, there would be enough recoverable gas resources to last around 230 years.

It is versatile. A gas-fired power station takes much less time to start and stop than a coal-fired plant. This flexibility makes natural gas a good partner to renewable energy sources like solar and wind power, which are only available when the sun shines and the wind blows.

Title: Powering Gujrat, India, with natural gas

Duration: 3:16 minutes

Description

A short video describing how the State of Gujarat reacted to India’s 2012 blackout, the worst power failure the country had ever experienced.

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In the summer of 2012 India suffered the largest power failure in history, the biggest ever power failure in the world: Blackout Tuesday, as it’s called.

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Night-time time-lapse footage of busy urban street in India. Several scenes of electricity pylons. Several headlines from major media players: Hundreds of millions without power in India; 2nd Day of Power Failure Cripples Wide Swath of India; Massive Power Failures Hit India; India Power Out Hits Millions, among world’s worst outages.

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[Voiceover]

At its peak, it plunged 680 million people, more than the entire population of the US, Mexico and Canada combined, into darkness. In less than three days, more than US$83 million was lost.

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680 million people affected

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Several scenes of bustling pedestrian and vehicle traffic in Indian city. Several scenes of crowded, bustling pavements in Indian city.

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US$83 million

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From an elevated position, camera pans left and right to show electrical substation: a network of pylons and overhead cables.

[Anish De]

[Partner KPMG India]

‘'There was a lot of demand for reliable electricity, and the grid simply could not cope. As a consequence, there was a cascading failure, and then it just spiraled out of control very quickly.’’

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A couple of close-ups of electrical insulators. Elevated views across network of cables and pylons in electrical substation. Energy-saving light-bulb brightly momentarily illuminates the wall on which it is mounted and is then extinguished.

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Haunting solo by stringed instrument The screen is plunged into blackness for a second, before a full moon looms large in an almost black sky.

[Voiceover]

More than 300 million people in India still don’t have access to electricity.

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An Indian resident emerges from the doorway of his modest home.

[Indian Resident 1]

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‘'It had been eight months and electricity would never come on.’’

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And even for those who do, power outages and blackouts are a regular phenomenon.

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Close-up of a hand flipping a switch on a small circuit-breaker. Three members, a woman and two men, seated in their lounge. Camera focuses on one of the men. The camera is angled up towards the ceiling, showing us a spinning ceiling fan. Extreme close-up of a woman’s hands guiding material through a manually-operated sewing-machine. Extreme close-up of a woman’s hands operating the manual sewing-machine. Camera has drawn out to show the young woman seated on the floor in front of the sewing-machine. An older woman, who is watching a small wall-mounted television, is seated on the couch beside the young woman.

[Indian Resident 2]

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‘'In the villages, children were not able to study as the lights would go out erratically during the day and night.’’

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A young girl reads aloud as her hand traces the words from the book she is holding. A young boy reading aloud. As the camera focuses past him, we see a close-up of the text he is reading.

[Indian resident 1]

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‘'Without electricity, there would be no water, so we were bound to suffer.’’

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Every year India loses more than US$468 billion due to unreliable power. But while most of India struggled with power outages, the State of Gujarat had achieved something remarkable: there were no blackouts in Gujarat in 2012, and it’s achieved 24/7 power.

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From a vantage point several storeys above street level, the camera shows several shots of busy Indian city streets.

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US$68 billion Asterisk, Source: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICC)

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Close-up of signage on a building and a traffic light in the foreground. Street-level scene of a bustling city street. Close-up of a man’s hand pressing a button and then flipping a switch on a box located on an exterior wall. Extreme close-up of large spinning spools of thread inside a factory. Close-up of the thread being fed into a large industrial-scale machine of some description. Close-up of large green plastic bags moving along a conveyor belt. Close-up of a male factory worker standing alongside the conveyor belt.

[Anush De]

‘'Gujarat has gone from power shortages and large financial stress in the balance sheets of the companies to somewhere where there are no outages, there’s adequate supply and the companies are healthy and robust.’’

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Close-up of a large control panel of gauges, switches and lights in a factory. Large revolving drums holding thick cable. Large white tiles or panels moving along a conveyor belt in a factory.

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With the ability to handle increased demand, Gujarat supplies almost 24-hour electricity not only to its large cities and towns, but to 18,000 villages. And in its ability to eliminate peak outages, gas plays an important role.

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The white tiles emerge on a conveyor belt from a large machine. Bright lights on either side of the conveyor belt illuminate the tiles as they emerge. Close-up of the tiles being added to a large stack immediately in front of the camera. Close-up of a factory worker who is stacking the tiles by hand. Several employees at work on the factory floor. A semi-rural suburban scene. A man and child on a scooter zip along a dirt road. Both grand and modest houses stand alongside each other. A couple of women walking along a suburban or village street. The woman in front carries several large steel pans in one hand.

[Nitin Shukla]

[CEO Hazra LNG & Port]

‘'Gas is one of the most important fuel, if not the most important fuel, from peaking power point of view.’’

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The camera focuses skywards, giving us a backlit view of a tall storage tank in a refinery or power plant.

[Nitin Malkan] [Vice-President (Operations) China Light & Power]

‘'When you start a coal-based power plant, it will require at least minimum 12 to 18 hours. If there is a change in demand, gas pressurisation [?] can come on the grid in seven minutes and then support the grid requirement.’’

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Camera pans slowly from left to right, showing several huge storage tanks in a refinery or power plant.

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In the last eight years the manufacturing sector in Gujarat has also grown by more than double, unmatched anywhere else in the country.

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Several shots of workers and specialized machinery and equipment in a factory, such as pistons, control panels, polishing machines and an array of large glass-fronted ovens or kilns.

[Anush De]

‘'Even if the cost was slightly higher, industries started preferring Gujarat because of the reliability of supplies. Electricity can be used even for smaller micro-enterprises for productive purposes. That will transform the rural economy and that will really lead to economic growth on a broader base.’’

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Several shots of factory workers packaging and packing tall stacks of the white tiles. Two men sit outside the doorway to a small business which appears to repair tyres. A motorcycle stands outside the doorway. Extreme close-up of a woman’s face. She is Nirmala Kumari. Close-up of a hand flipping a switch on a wall. Close-up of a spinning ceiling fan. Nirmala sitting on a bench beside two small boys. She opens a book and shows it to them.

[Nirmala Kumari] [Resident, Haryana India] [Subtext displayed]

‘'There won’t be problems at home, washing clothes will not be a problem, studying will not be a problem.’’

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The camera focuses on Nirmala and one of the boys as they read together. A small girl joins the two boys sitting alongside Nirmala. They are all looking at the book in front of them. Extreme close-up of the little girl’s face. Camera draws out to show Nirmala and the children sitting on the bench. The little girl is reading the book by herself now.

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Title: Improving Access to Clean Water - Hazira LNG

Duration: 3:26 minutes

Description

Meeting the challenge of the contamination of India’s water to supply clean drinking water through an innovative community project supported by Hazira LNG – a reverse osmosis drinking water plant.

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Instrumental music with an Indian flavour, at times with light and delicate notes, at times more rhythmic and dramatic.

[Narrator]

With India’s population over the 1.3 billion mark, many of the country’s natural resources are being stretched, including water, with many sources contaminated from sewage and agricultural run-off.

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Footage of bustling streets in India, The Red Fort in the background and pedestrians, cabs, buses and other vehicles filling the streets. Low angle view of the Indian flag flying from The Red Fort. Bird’s eye view of bustling city streets, multi-storey buildings lining the streets. High angle vertically panning footage of a river. Tall buildings along the banks and blue sky above form the background. Footage of the soil along the banks of the river. The soil has a greenish tinge. Aerial footage showing the greenish tinge along the banks of the river. Interview with Dr. Manohar Ghemawat

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Village Doctor / Gujarat, India

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Dr. Manohar Ghemawat / Village Doctor / Gujarat, India

[Dr. Ghemawat]

Because of the poor sanitation, gastroenteritis was very common when the people are using contaminated water or well water.

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Mid-shot of Dr Ghemawat speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, against the background of his surgery. Footage of a villagers collecting water in canisters or drinking water from a communal water spout under a tree. Interview with Ila Ben Patel

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Resident / Hazira, India

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Ila Ben Patel / Resident / Hazira, India

[Ila – subtitles]

When we drank the other water we frequently fell sick, so every month or two we had to go the hospital.

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Low angle footage of a woman entering the doctor’s surgery. Footage of the woman and the doctor conversing across his desk. Mid-shot of Ila speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, against the background of green foliage.

[Narrator]

But in one village in Western India, an innovative community project supported by Hazira LNG is making a difference. They supported the village panchayat, a local community group, to build a reverse osmosis drinking water plant.

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Low angle view of the Indian flag flying against the sky. Bird’s eye view of Hazira LNG plant and entrance. Footage of the LNG tanks. Footage of a villager dispensing drinking water into a 20 litre bottle. More 20 litre bottles are lined up and other villagers stand in the background. Footage of two small filters in the process of filtering water. Interview with Shailendra Khalashi

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Project Manager / KVSVS

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Shailendra Khalashi / Project Manager / KVSVS

[Shailendra – subtitles]

The water comes from the well, which then goes into our tank. From tank it goes directly into the sand filter, which processes the water. From the sand filter, the water then goes into carbon filter next to it. After the carbon filter processes the water, it is channelled to two small filters. Finally, one part of the water is clean, which is stored in our tank. The waste water goes outside.

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Wide view of Shailendra speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, standing alongside the reverse osmosis system. He points in turn to the tank, sand filter, carbon filter, and the previously described small filters, as he mentioned each one’s role in the reverse osmosis process.

[Narrator]

To avoid problems of power shortage, the water plant runs on solar power. It has a storage capacity of 4,000 litres.

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Close-up of a switch being flipped to start the process. Close-up of one of the small filters in the process of filtering water. Footage of a bank of solar panels, cutting to footage of the sun against an orange sky. Panning footage of the sand and carbon filter abreast of one another.

[Narrator]

Each family is given a standard 20 litre bottle which is used for collecting water from the reverse osmosis plant. How the programme works is also unusual. Studying similar projects in India, the team saw that programmes or facilities provided for free to communities didn’t always last.

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Reverse angle footage of a man carrying a 20 litre bottle in each hand, walking towards the water collection point. Footage of a boy placing his bottles alongside the other waiting bottles and waiting with other villagers while they are filled. Footage of a number of filled 20 litre bottles being placed in a vehicle. Footage of a woman carrying a 20 litre bottle entering the property to join the others waiting to have their bottles filled. Footage of a man filling a bottle with water from the tap, cutting to a close-up of his face and then of another villager’s face.

[Narrator]

So from the onset, the solution in Hazira had to be sustainable and involve the community. They drew up a pay and use system, designed as a social enterprise where villagers pay six rupees to fill water bottles.

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Wide footage of the villagers gathered around the tap and bottles at the water collection point. More footage of the man filling the bottles, and a woman leaving with the water bottle on her head, accompanied by a man and small boy. Footage of a woman holding her pay-and-use card as she waits with her bottle. More footage of the villagers waiting at the water collection point. A man is seated at a desk with a book and a stack of the pay and use cards. Villagers, including Ila, approach him and he fills out their cards.

[Ila - subtitles]

We have a card which allows us to collect water, and our water collections are recorded in it. We have to recharge the card in advance by paying the fees to the operator.

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Mid-shot of Ila speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, against the background of green foliage. High angle view of the man at the desk filling out a pay and use card. Mid-shot of Ila speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, against the background of green foliage. Reverse angle footage of Ila walking down the street with her bottle of water on her head.

[Shailendra – subtitles]

We don’t supply free water, but we collect a nominal fee from the customers to run the solar plant.

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Wide view of Shailendra speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, standing alongside the reverse osmosis system. Close-up footage of the various controls and meters of the reverse osmosis system.

[Narrator]

Hazira LNG helped with the infrastructure but the ongoing system is run by the community. Today, nearly 300 households are enrolled in the programme.

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Footage of the water collection point as various villagers leave with their bottles of water, and others collect around the desk having their cards filled out.

[Ila - subtitles]

With this clean water, our health has improved and we save on hospital and medicine fees. Our whole village has enjoyed the benefits that clean water brings.

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Reverse angle footage of a woman walking down the street carrying her bottle of water on her head, and accompanied by a small boy. Mid-shot of Ila speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, against the background of green foliage. Interview with Ramila Ben

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Resident / Hazira, India

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Ramila Ben / Resident / Hazira, India

[Ramila]

We don’t have to drink boiled water, now that we get clean water. Everything is good.

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Footage of a young man placing his bottle of water on his bicycle. Close-up of Ramila speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, against the background of the water collection point.

[Narrator]

Currently, most families in the village use this water. There are plans to expand this successful programme to other rural villages in India. And the hope is that the initiative in Hazira will be able to sustain a clean water supply for many years to come.

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Footage of a man cycling towards the shot, carrying numerous containers on the back of his three-wheel bicycle. Reverse angle footage of a group of teenage boys walking up a street. There are houses lining the street. Footage of a small boy at the entrance of a house in the village. A young girl runs past him and into the house. Front view of Ila approaching, carrying her bottle of water on her head. Reverse angle footage of Ila’s swishing skirt and feet as she walks down the street.

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www.shell.com/communities

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Shell jingle

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Title: Gas for health

Duration: 3:10 minutes

Description

Around 700 million Indians still rely on solid fuels like coal, dung and crop residue for cooking. These often take many hours to source and can be harmful to inhale. In the Western state of Gujarat, where Shell's Hazira joint venture supplies natural gas to industries, a government-led initiative is also bringing piped gas to villages, supplied by Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation.

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Dramatic instrumental music.

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Crackling fire sounds.

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Footage of Ushaben placing wood into the fire pit in her home. Extreme close-up of Ushaben as she blows on the fire, sweat beading on her forehead, cutting to a close-up of a large pot of food simmering on the fire.

[Narrator]

Ushaben spends three hours a day cooking for her family, like millions of women in rural India.

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More footage of Ushaben on her haunches, stoking the fire beneath the pot of food. Smoke rises up from the fire. Extreme close-ups of the log fire and Ushaben’s sweat-beaded face. Interview with Ushaben

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Villager / Gujarat, India

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Ushaben Villager / Gujarat, India

[Ushaben - subtitle]

We bring the wood and burn it in fireplace.

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Close-up in profile of Ushaben’s sweat-beaded face, cutting to a mid-shot of Ushaben facing the camera, the rough brick walls of her home in the background.

[Ushaben - subtitle]

Due to the smoke, both me and the children cough. We sweat and our eyes start to tear. This is the harm it causes our bodies.

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Low angle close-up in profile of a small boy against the background of the home’s tin roof, reaching up to Ushaben who is out of shot. This dissolves to footage of smoke billowing up towards the roof.

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Child coughing.

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Rear-view close-up of the child coughing, cutting to a low-angle footage of Ushaben caressing his head, as he wipes his eyes with her clothing. Mid-shot of Ushaben facing the camera, the rough brick walls of her home in the background. Footage of Ushaben and the child seated on the floor of the home as smoke billows from the fire.

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Instrumental music with strings.

[Narrator]

Air pollution is the world’s single largest environmental health risk. An estimated 700 million people in India still rely on solid fuels like coal, dung and crop residue for domestic cooking.

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Footage of smoke billowing from the top of a factory chimney, dissolving to a wide shot of an industrial area, with black smoke billowing from the factory chimney and across the skies just above the canopy of roofs. Low-angle footage of vehicles approaching on a busy road. The skyline in the background is filled with factory chimneys. Footage of street-side vendor carts, with bicycles passing in the foreground, cutting to a wide view of another busy street lined with multi-story buildings and filled with oncoming traffic and pedestrians. Footage of pedestrians walking the busy city streets, cutting to wide view of two women walking down a sidewalk, both carrying burdens on their head. The sidewalk is lined with laundry that has been hung out to dry. Low-angle view of a building where a number children are visible through the large window, but the windows are covered with burglar guards and mesh. Low-angle view of residents entering and exiting two doorways respectively. The doors open right onto the street. An old cart, a motorcycle and laundry are visible outside the homes.

[Narrator]

Here, at the local clinic, the majority of patients are women and children and most have respiratory issues.

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High angle view of people walking over the sidewalk towards the entrance of the local clinic. Footage from the doctor’s office, including a close-up of a patient’s face as she speaks, a high angle view of the patient seated across the desk from the doctor, and a close-up of the doctor as he speaks. Interview with Dr. Manohar Ghemawat

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Village Doctor / Gujarat, India

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Dr Manohar Ghemawat Village Doctor / Gujarat, India

[Dr. Manohar Ghemawat]

Because of the wood burning stoves, there are diseases related to lungs like respiratory tract infection that may lead, in advanced stages, to lung cancer.

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Low-angle close-up of Dr Ghemawat, against the background of his clinic office. Footage of the doctor taking the patient’s blood pressure, cutting back to the low-angle close-up of Dr Ghemawat as previously described.

[Dr. Manohar Ghemawat]

The second thing is the burning eye and early cataract.

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Footage of the doctor inspecting the patient’s eyes.

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Instrumental music with strings.

[Narrator]

Across the country, exposure to smoke emissions from household solid fuels is estimated to cause 500,000 deaths and 500 million illnesses annually, according to the WHO.

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Footage of a pink-hued sky, showing black smoke billowing up into the skies, dissolving to footage of Ushaben carrying the child on her hip and walking towards the entrance of her home. Extreme wide shot of an elderly woman exiting a building and crossing a courtyard. Footage of a busy sidewalk, motorbikes passing in the foreground, cutting to a woman seated next to a fire pit, using her clothing to shield her face from the smoke. More footage of a pink-hued sky filled with billowing black smoke.

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Synthesised instrumental music with xylophone effect.

[Narrator]

However, in some areas of Gujarat, the picture is quite different.

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Low-angle rear view of young people walking along a street, approaching residential buildings. Pan to close-up of Rameelaben, cutting to a footage of Rameelaben entering her neat kitchen and crossing to her gas stove, which she lights before placing a pot on the stove. Interview with Rameelaben

[Title]

Villager / Gujarat, India

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Rameelaben Villager / Gujarat, India

[Rameelaben - subtitle]

Before, we had to search for wood and it would take 2 hours. Then we would go to work, come home, place the wood in the fireplace before we can start cooking, which takes another 1 to 2 hours. When we started using gas, we had extra time for work.

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Close-up of Rameelaben as she speaks. Footage of Rameelaben lifting a bundle of firewood onto another woman’s head, who then walks down the street, heading home. Close-up of Rameelaben as she speaks.

[Narrator]

Using piped gas, women can save up to five hours every day, which also helps them increase their household income.

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Footage of Rameelaben turning on the gas valve, and pouring a handful of rice into the pot on the stove. Low-angle close-up of Rameelaben, cutting to a wide view of her standing at the stove.

[Rameelaben - subtitle]

With extra time on our hand, we work as house help and earn 1500 rupees more per month.

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Close-up of Rameelaben as she speaks. Interview with Nitin Shukla

[Title]

CEO Hazira LNG and Port

[Nitin Shukla]

Yes, Transmission Networks in Gujarat has helped tremendously in…

[Video footage]

Footage of Rameelaben talking with a friend, the two ladies and a child seated on a bed in a large pink and blue painted room. The room’s décor includes a TV screen and several framed pictures.

Footage of the clean, pink-painted wall where it meets the roof.

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Nitin Shukla CEO Hazira LNG & Port

[Nitin Shukla]

…increasing the use of gas in the energy basket.

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Close-up of Nitin Shukla, pale blue skies and a large tank forming the background. Interview with Kartikeya Sarabhai

[Title]

Founder and Director Centre for Environment Education

[Kartikeya Sarabhai]

Suppose gas was a little more expensive - it’s still better because you take the total benefit of it.

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Low-angle view of a line of power pylons and cables, foliage and green grass in the foreground. Low-angle footage of trucks passing below and then fully revealing a pylon standing tall against the blue sky, cables stretching out from it in either direction. Close-up of Kartikeya Sarabhai against a background of green foliage.

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Instrumental music with piano and strings.

[Kartikeya Sarabhai]

I think people are now convinced that it’s good for them. It’s good for their health, their dignity, their working – and I think that’s very important and I think that’s where the government support is very useful.

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Footage of people on the streets of Gujarat, some seated, some walking alongside the traffic on the busy streets, some on motorcycles, others crossing the street as traffic races past. Close-up of Kartikeya Sarabhai against a background of green foliage. Footage of Rameelaben in her pink and blue-painted living room, seated across from a smiling young man with a child on his lap.

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[Narrator]

Gujarat is the first state to connect some of its villagers to piped gas for cooking.

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More footage of Rameelaben’s family – close-ups of the smiling young man, of the child on his lap, of a young girl, and of Rameelaben.

[Narrator]

An aspiration, according to the Prime Minister, is to expand this to several other states.

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More footage of the people of Gujarat – a teeming crowd of Indian pedestrians; two woman walking down a street, chatting; and several young children seated together indoors, books on the laps of some. Low-angle view of a boy walking down a street, a toddler on his shoulders, other children running alongside in the street.

[Narrator]

Good news for India. Great news for the health of India’s women and children.

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Close-up of the young boy previously seen in Ushaben’s home. Mid-shot of a smiling Ushaben facing the camera, the rough brick walls of her home in the background. Close-up of a smiling Rameelaben.

[Audio]

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Title: Feeding India’s fast-growing population

Duration: 2:16 minutes

Description

Meeting the challenge of food security in India through the supply of natural gas, and specifically the stable supply of fertilizer to India’s farmers.

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Instrumental music with an Indian flavour, at times with light and delicate notes, at times more rhythmic and dramatic.

[Narrator]

India is one of the fastest growing populations in the world with over 1.3 billion people. As a result, one of its biggest challenges is food security, ensuring that everyone in the country has access to nutritious food. And natural gas could play a crucial role in this.

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Footage of bustling streets in India, The Red Fort in the background and pedestrians, cabs, buses and other vehicles filling the streets.

[Narrator]

In 2015, there was a severe scarcity of fertilizer in Haryana in the North of India. This shortage of urea fertilizer caused panic amongst famers.

[Video footage]

Footage of water-logged crops cutting to bird’s eye view of an arid field. Against the previous backgrounds, several webpages relating to the fertiliser shortage fly into frame, one after the other.

Interview with Amit Kumar

[Title]

Farmer / Haryana, India

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Amit Kumar / Farmer / Haryana, India

[Amit - subtitles]

Without urea, there is no crop and the farmer is reliant on the crop.

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Footage of Amit driving a tractor pulling a plough in his field. Mid-shot of Amit speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, shown against the background of his fields.

Interview with Nitin Shukla

[Title]

Former CEO / Hazira LNG & Port

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Nitin Shukla / Former CEO / Hazira LNG & Port

[Nitin]

Our country needs food security. Our country would like to produce fertilizer within the country, domestically, as much as it can.

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Footage of a man ploughing water-logged fields with a hand hoe. Mid-shot of Nitin speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, shown against the background of an LNG tank and plant. Footage of Amit walking through the water-logged field, fertilising his field.

Interview with Anish De

[Title]

Partner / KPMG India

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Anish De / Partner / KPMG India

[Anish]

It’s the government’s stated objective to be self-sufficient in urea production. And to make it cost-effective, natural gas is absolutely essential which is why we need natural gas infrastructure to expand across the country.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Anish speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, against the background of an office interior. Footage of two LNG tanks and the surrounding plant.

[Narrator]

The Western state of Gujarat is one of the first to establish a natural gas infrastructure and the benefits have been significant. Being the cleanest burning hydrocarbon, gas is used not only to power fertilizer plants, but more importantly, it is vital in the production of urea.

[Video footage]

Panning footage of the outside of the natural gas plant in Gujarat. Footage within the plant of fertiliser being dispensed into large sacks on a production line alongside which several employees are standing, carrying out their duties in the production line. Low angle footage of a very tall structure against a brilliant blue sky with white, fluffy clouds. More footage of work taking place on the production line within the fertiliser plant.

Interview with Mr. Rajesh K. Aggarwal

[Title]

Operations Director / KRIBHCO, Gujarat

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Mr. Rajesh K. Aggarwal / Operations Director / KRIBHCO, Gujarat

[Mr Aggarwal]

You’ll be happy to know that fertilizer production has gone up by 30 lakh tonnes in one year.

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Close-up of Mr Aggarwal speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, against the background of an office interior. More footage of the sacks of fertilisers passing through the production line, a man passing the filled bags from the conveyor belt to other employees who carry them to the storage space.

[Anish]

The availability of gas has had a massive change in the fertilizer production scenario in the country. It links very closely with the Prime Minister’s ambition, or dream, of actually making the villages clean, self-sufficient and flourishing in every way.

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Close-up of Anish speaking to the interviewer who is out of shot, against the background of an office interior. Footage of village streets along which cows, adults and children alike walk or cycle or sit. Footage of the entrances to villagers’ homes, bicycles and motorcycles parked outside, dried herbs hanging in the doorways while the men converse outside.

[Narrator]

To keep this momentum going, the government of India wants to ensure a stable supply of fertilizer to its farmers and so guarantees food security for its people.

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Close-up of the Indian flag flying over The Red Fort. Footage of Amit walking through his field, fertilising. Footage of a man ploughing the fields with a hand hoe. Footage of Amit driving a tractor in his field. Close-up of the healthy green crop plants in the field, cutting to a low angle view of green leaves against a brilliant blue sky.

[Text displays]

#GasForFoodSecurity

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Shell jingle

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Title: Natural Gas is Good for Me

Duration: 0.54 seconds

Description

We use energy every day from the moment we wake up to our alarm clocks the minutes before we fall asleep. Learn how natural gas is supporting our world's growing demand for energy in a way that is reliable and sustainable. This video is presented as Kinetic Typography, meaning text on screen replicates what is said in the voice over in interesting and illustrative ways.

[Voice Over]

Each day, you wake up. You use the phone, the computer, transport. You use energy.

[Animated Sequence]

‘Each Day’ is displayed on a stylized calendar, ‘You Wake up’ is on the face of a digital alarm clock ‘You use the phone’ is swiped by a finger across a phone ‘The Computer’ is displayed on a laptop screen’ ‘Transport’ is written on the side of a bus that moves to the right. ‘You Use Energy’ is displayed with cartoon lightning bolts to its sides.

[Voice Over]

And as the world uses more energy, we need to provide power that is available and environmentally sustainable.

[Animated Sequence]

‘And as the world uses more energy’ is displayed over a globe with cartoon lightning bolts in the background ‘we need to provide power’ is displayed as hands enter the frame from the bottom ‘that is available and environmentally sustainable’ is displayed in the center of the page as pipes, plants and blue flames animate around it.

[Voice Over]

Producing one-tenth of the air pollutants as coal when burnt to generate electricity, natural gas can provide positive environmental and health benefits to our cities and towns.

[Animated sequence]

Producing one-tenth of the air pollutants as coal when burnt to generate electricity is displayed, a lightbulb is added to the end of ‘electricity natural gas’ is displayed down the side of cooling towers on a natural gas plant, a background of syk and tress with pipes at the bottom can provide positive environmental’ is displayed to the side of the gas plant and health benefits’ rises up on the left inside a white medical cross to our cities and towns.

[text is displayed on the right. Buildings and houses rise up from the background.]

[Voice Over]

These benefits, coupled with natural gas’ nearly global reach, ensures that natural gas can play a key role in the energy mix, regardless of where you live.

[Animated Sequence]

‘These benefits’ displays with a tick above the text. ‘coupled with natural gas’ nearly global reach’ displays above an ocean with LNG tankers floating on it. ‘Natural Gas’ is written on the side of the main, largest tanker. ‘ensures that natural gas’ displays over a background of pipes, and a subtle map of the United States ‘Gas’ is accompanied by a blue flame ‘can play a key role in the energy mix’, displays ‘Key’ is written over a picture of a Key. ‘Regardless of where you live.’ The shot pulls back to display a globe with pipes covering it. The words display on the globe, and the LNG Tankers move around it.

[Voice Over]

Renewable energy is crucial to our future. But as they develop, and when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine, natural gas can keep our lives powered reliably and sustainably.

[Animated Sequence]

‘Renewable energy is crucial to our future’ displays over a blue sky and green field. Solar panels and a bright sun to the right, wind turbines to the left. ‘But as they develop’ is displayed over a large cog in the middle of the field. ‘when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine’ is written in the center of the screen. A cloud moves in front of the sun and the wind turbines stop spinning. ‘natural gas can keep our lives’ displays, Gas, accompanied with a blue flame, and ‘our lives’ with hands either side. ‘powered reliably’ is pictured with the blue gas flame above it and arrows circling the word. ‘and sustainably’ is pictured with leaves around the word.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG)

We cool natural gas to -162° Celsius (-260° Fahrenheit), turning it into a liquid and reducing its volume by 600 times, which makes it easy and economical to ship to energy-hungry places around the world. We also turn LNG back into gas for distribution to homes and businesses.

As a pioneer of LNG, Shell provided the technology for the world’s first commercial LNG plant in 1964, and shipped the very first commercial cargo, starting a global trade. We have been designing and building LNG plants.

Floating LNG (FLNG)

Traditionally, LNG plants are built on land. But Shell is building a giant floating facility to produce liquefied natural gas at sea, Prelude FLNG. It will also be the largest offshore floating facility ever built – 488 metres (1,600 feet) long and 74m (243ft) wide.

Shell has developed revolutionary technology that allows gas to be produced, liquefied, stored and offloaded into LNG carriers at sea. It allows clusters of smaller, remote fields to be unlocked by one FLNG facility, or larger fields to be served by several FLNG facilities.

LNG for transport

Natural gas could form a bigger part of the transport energy mix as a lower-carbon fuel, alongside developments in vehicle efficiency, biofuels, hydrogen and electric mobility.

We are exploring the use of LNG as a transport fuel for trucks and ships with potential economic and environmental benefits compared to diesel and fuel oil. Other uses include in trains, the mining sector and industrial applications. We are also looking at ways to use LNG more in our own operations.

Gas-to-liquids (GTL)

Shell’s gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology converts natural gas into high-quality liquid products that would otherwise be made from crude oil. These include transportation fuels, motor oils and the ingredients for everyday necessities like plastics, detergents and cosmetics.

GTL products are colourless and odourless. They contain almost none of the impurities – sulphur, aromatics and nitrogen –found in crude oil.